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ATENT CHARLES R. RISDON, OF NElV YORK, N. Y.

UMBRELLA RACK OR STAND.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 449,173, dated March 31, 1891.

Application filed July 14, 1890. $erial1lo. 358,675. (No model.)

To CLZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES R. RIsDoN, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Umbrella Racks or Stands; and I do hereby declare'that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of this specification.

My invention relates to a stand or rack for umbrellas, and has for its object to provide at a low cost a neat ornamental umbrellaholder, to be fastened as a bracket against a wall, and which will admit of being readily opened for the purpose of emptying or cleansing the drip-cup in the bottom thereof;

It consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts substantially as hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in perspective of my improved umbrella-rack; Fig. 2, a vertical section thereof, and Fig. a similar detached section illustrating a modification in the arrangement of the drip-cup.

This improved rack is constructed of a back plate A, having side plates B B formed integrally therewith or rigidly secured thereto. The lower end of the back plate A is preferably narrowed or tapered with an ornamental outline, and the side plates 13 B are bent and curved to follow the same outline, as shown in Fig. 1, so as to produce a neat ornate effect in the lower portion of the rack.

A front plate 0, the center of which is preferably made of light open-work, is adapted to slide vertically into longitudinal grooves cl d, cut in the inner face of each side plate close to its outer edge. This front plate terminates at such a distance above the bottom of the rack as to leave room for the insertion of a suitable drip-cup D below it.

The drip-cup D is made to conform in shape with the lower end of the rack, so as to fit accurately and neatly between the side plates B B, below the front plate 0, and its upper front edge is recessed, as shown at e in Fig. 2, in manner to allow the front plate 0 to slide down and overlap it when the cup is inserted in place, and thereby lock the cup in its seat. The bottom of the cup will rest at its front edge upon a fixed front cross-plate F, made integral with the side plates B B at their lower ends, and in connection therewith completes the bottom of the rack. Since the front plate of the cup D forms a portion of the exterior of the rack, it is ornamented to harmonize with the remainder of said exterior, as shown in Fig. 1. of the cup is made perfectly plain, and fits closely against the back plate of the rack, as shown in Fig. 2, while its side plates conform to and rest against the side plates of the rack.

A loose grating or perforated plate H is fitted to rest upon ledges in the upper part of the cup D to support the umbrellas placed in the rack and allow the drippings therefrom to drop into the cup.. With the rack thus constructed, the drip-cup D is removed to be emptied by sliding up the front plate G in the grooves d d, in which it is seated, and when its lower edge is lifted clear of the top edge e of the cup the cup is tipped forward, as shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 2, until it can be readily lifted out of the rack. When replaced and locked by the overlapping margin of the front. plate 0, the dripcup remains firmly and securelyin place, and seemingly appears to be an integral portion of the rack.

As a modification of my invention, the front of the lower portion F of the rack. up to the lower edge of the sliding front plate 0 may be secured to .or made integral with the side plates B B, so as to form a case or box in the lower portion of the rack to inclose an independent drip-oup D, of thin sheet metal, adapted to drop and fit closely therein from above, as shown in Fig. 8. In such case the rack is opened to permit of the removal of the cup D by sliding up the front plate 0 of the rack high enough to permit the cup to be lifted up out of its seat inside the fixed front plate F. v

I claim as my invention- The improved umbrella-rack, constructed substantially as described, of the back plate, the side plat-es fixed thereto, the detachable The back plate g drip-eup fitting in the recess at the lower end I of the rack, inclosed by the back plates and name to this specification in the presence of side plates, and the sliding front plate seated in grooves in the side plates and made to drop down upon and overlap with its lower edge the upper front edge of the drip-cup, substantially in the manner and for the purpose herein set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my two subscribing Witnesses.

CHARLES R. RISDON.

\Vitnesses:

A. N. JESBERA, E. M. WATSON. 

